長男

See also: 长男

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	male
trad. (長男)		長	男
simp. (长男)		长	男

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎngnán

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² naam⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-nàm
Min Nan (POJ): tióng-lâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǎngnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangnan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngnán
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ˨˩˦꜕꜖꜖ nän˧˥/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² naam⁴
  - Yale: jéung nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² nam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ˧˥ näːm˨˩/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-nàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong` namˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ nam²
  - IPA: /t͡soŋ˧˩ nam˩/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: tióng-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diofnglaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ˥˧꜓꜓ lam˨˦/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ˥˥˦꜕꜓ lam˨˦/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ˥˧꜓꜓ lam˩˧/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ˥˧꜓꜓ lam˨˦/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ˦˩꜓꜓ lam˨˧/

Noun

長男

eldest son

Synonyms

大兒子／大儿子 (dà'érzi)
長子／长子 (zhǎngzǐ)
(literary) 冢子 (zhǒngzǐ), 家督 (jiādū)
(Cantonese) 大仔
(Min) 大囝
(Min Nan) 大漢囝／大汉囝, 大後生／大后生, 大漢後生／大汉后生

See also

長女／长女 (zhǎngnǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	男
ちょう Grade: 2	なん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ちょーなん [chóꜜònàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) ちょーなん [chòónáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːnã̠ɴ]

Noun

長男 (hiragana ちょうなん, rōmaji chōnan)

the eldest of all of a family's sons

See also

長 (ちょう)女 (じょ) (chōjo)
長 (ちょう)子 (し) (chōshi)

References

Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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